At least you knew enough to call technical support. Like I said, I had a
number to call for technical support, but I had no idea what it was. I
just knew that because it had the word technical in it that it must be
beyond me. Anymore I regularly call technical support if one of my
devices gives me a problem. I know that technical support is not there
to teach one how to use the device. That is what technical manuals are
for. But my learning how to use a computer would have been considerably
facilitated if only I had known to call to ask a question now and then.
On 5/24/2016 6:21 PM, Alice Dampman Humel wrote:
age and limitations means no more than that the average 5 or 10 or 15 year old practically came out of the womb sitting at a computer, whereas for the older people born and having grown up long before computers were everywhere, it is a certain amount of difficulty, it does not come naturally like the things we learned in grade school, like cursive writing, not that that came naturally…but after a while, it did. on the face of it. Not necessarily limitation in what one can achieve or learn to do, but the ease, the second nature aspect of how it is done.
Like Roger, when I got my MacBook (laptop), I could not find the on/off power button, so I sheepishly called tech support and said, “OK, I hate being such a cliche, but how do I turn this thing on?” Haha, we all said…
On May 24, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Richard Driscoll <llocsirdsr@xxxxxxx <mailto:llocsirdsr@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
Alice & Miriam:
A Question - Does the machine do what you want it to do?
If it does I question the comment regarding age and limitations. If it does not then I wonder how long it will be before you make it do what you want.
Richard
On 5/24/2016 9:11 AM, Alice Dampman Humel wrote:
Miriam,
Believe you me, it was an enormous struggle, but I’m nothing if not persistent and determined, so…and I am also sadly aware that I don’t know how to do half of what I am sure can be done on this computer, the iPhone, and with VoiceOver…
So it has far less to do with ability than you might think…I don’t have that much ability, either.
I think many of us are in the same boat…we were plain and simple too old when all this techno stuff exploded onto the scene!
Alice
On May 24, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Alice,
I'm envious of your ability to learn new things. I'm actually avoiding
upgrades and anything new if I can help it. I was never trained properly on
computers, have no knack for them, and didn't learn new stuff easily on
themwhen I was younger. At this point, if I can just do the things I know
how to do, I'm grateful. At some point, I'll have to upgrade something and
then I'll be in a mess!
Miriam
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If you use a Mac, you don't even have to bother with all that companion or
unzipping.
The Mac automatically unzips the book, and all you have to do is copy it
onto the sd card or the cartridge.
I know Apple products are not for everyone, but I, for one, am glad I put in
the effort to learn at least part of what can be done on the Mac with
VoiceOver and how to do it and thereby released from these constant JAWS
upgrades and the giant conglomerate of Microbloat, the incompatibilities of
JAWS with different websites and software, etc.
Not an endorsement, advice or recommendation, just FYI, one person's
experience and opinion. On May 24, 2016, at 9:20 AM, Miriam Vieni
<miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I'm glad that you are enjoying the stream. There is a piece of
software from
Humanware that was developed for the stream 1. It's called the
Humanware
Companion Software. Once it's downloaded, it makes transferring and
opening
books very easy.
Miriam
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Hi
I definitely am not a blind gadget geek. I have a Windows 7
computer
because Microsoft made me give up my Windows XP computer. I have a
flip
phone from Walmart which cost $19.95. I bought a Victor Stream so I
could
download BARD and Book share books directly because I didn't know
how to
transfer books from the BARD site through the computer. As I said
before I
love my stream.
Marsha
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